The Virtuous Concubine

In the previous life, the right-wing army led by Chang Ning met Galdan first, and the two armies immediately deployed their battle formations and engaged in a fierce battle. However, due to the lack of food supplies and serious lack of logistical support, the Qing army eventually lost the battle and was forced to retreat southward.

Afterwards, the Dzungar army marched straight in, pursuing the enemy all the way, crossed the Shalamulun River, and approached the left-wing army led by Fuquan.

Now, thanks to the Fourth Prince's early efforts, the logistics problem has been solved.

Kangxi implemented a two-team policy, with one Manchu and one Han person assigned to each post. The Fourth Prince not only actively offered advice to Kangxi, but also united with the Manchu Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Keerduo, through Mingzhu, and with the help of the Suzhou weaving factory of the Cao family, persuaded the Han Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Xu Yuanwen, to make the Ministry of Revenue overcome all difficulties and not shirk responsibility, and to provide food and fodder for the soldiers on the front line.

Thanks to the efforts of the Fourth Prince, the basic life of the soldiers on the front line has been greatly guaranteed. In the past, some even starved to death in the war, but now everyone can eat their fill and have the strength to fight.

What's more, as the military supervisor, the Fourth Prince actually lived and ate with the actual commander Tong Guogang, so the morale of the right-wing army was naturally boosted.

On the other hand, Fuquan also admired the Fourth Prince's ability and responsibility. With sufficient food and grass supply, the left army's combat plan was able to proceed smoothly. Fuquan was a capable person, but he had previously trusted others too much and was limited by food and grass, and his character was relatively soft. Now that the Fourth Prince has solved this big problem, he can naturally let go and do a great job.

As a result, the two armies of the Qing army were actively deployed, ready to seize the opportunity to take the initiative to attack. Kangxi was also very satisfied with the current situation. He even followed the suggestion of the fourth prince and personally ordered to supervise the logistics, compressing the food and grass reserves of the 50,000 people around him to three days, and supplying the rest to the front. Everyone naturally praised the emperor for his wisdom.

In this way, with the efforts of the Fourth Prince, Kangxi's original plan of attacking Galdan from both sides of the army gradually took shape.

In this tense situation, the Qing army was united and morale was high. However, Galdan's Junggar army was no pushover.

He led the Dzungar tribe of Mongolia to establish the Dzungar Khanate, which spanned the Eurasian continent. This Khanate even coexisted with the Qing Dynasty for a time, and dared to confront Tsarist Russia and the Qing Dynasty at the same time, so it was naturally not something that could be easily dealt with.

After ascending the throne, he led the Dzungar tribe to conquer the Khoshut tribe, the Torghut tribe and the Dzungar tribe, unifying the entire Western Mongolia.

But he was still not satisfied and began to invade the southern and northern parts of the desert. He first defeated the Hui tribe and then tried to conquer the Kazakh tribe.

Although the Kazakh tribes resisted Galdan, he actually sent messengers to warn the Kazakhs: "If you do not surrender on your own, I will continue to attack you until my hair turns gray and my teeth fall out."

Not to mention that he also had a special identity. Mongolia, Hui and Tibet were all under his actual control. His strength was so strong that Kangxi had to be wary of him.

If they had not gone on this expedition, the Junggar army would be less than 800 miles away from the capital!

So it really shocked everyone that the Fourth Prince, a rookie soldier, could fight Galdan to a draw through strategy.

Soon, Galdan was surrounded by the Qing army on both sides. Facing 30,000 people led by Fuquan on one side and 20,000 people led by Tong Guogang on the other, Galdan naturally chose to focus on the left side.

But Galdan had been in battle for a long time and was quite strategic. When the two armies faced each other, he first took advantage of the terrain. He chose a favorable terrain with mountains, water and trees nearby, and arranged his cavalry in battle array. Then he drove more than 10,000 camels used to transport supplies to the front of the battle array, surrounded them, tied the four hooves of the camels together with ropes, and made the camels lie down and unable to move, thus forming a temporary city made of camels.

In order to strengthen the defense of the camel city wall, Galdan ordered all the things that could be found, such as wooden boxes for supplies, saddles, etc., to be tied to the camels. If it was not strong enough, all the felt, blankets, sheepskin and other things that could be found were soaked in water and covered on the camels layer by layer. In this way, a solid and unique "camel array" fortification was formed, which people called "camel city".

Such fortifications were not something that the Qing army's cavalry and infantry could handle. Fuquan was unable to break through such a solid defense line for a while, and the battle became stalemate on the left flank.

Every time the Qing army launched a tentative attack, Galdan's special forces would use camels as cover and shoot with muskets and bows and arrows. Even if they managed to dodge these long-range attacks, they would have long hooks and sharp blades to first hook the Qing army's horses and then chop off the horses' feet with their swords.

However, the Fourth Prince did not launch a full-scale attack like Fuquan did. After discussing with Tong Guogang, he brought out two Shenwu cannons jointly researched by Nan Huairen and Dai Duo to lead the charge.

These two cannons were still in the trial period in the Ministry of Works. They were reported to Kangxi when they were brought over, but no one expected that the Fourth Prince would use them right away.

Behind the cannons was the Black Warriors, whose formation was like a sharp blade. Tong Guogang, as the commander-in-chief of the expedition against Galdan, had to go to the front line, leading many cavalrymen and being the first to tear open the camel formation.

Seeing his "as it should be" look on his face, the Fourth Prince, who had been in control of the situation and had a lot of wisdom, saw that Tong Guogang had been pulled into a relatively stable position by him in this life, and the course of the war was completely different from before, but this rough man still took the initiative to go towards his original destiny, and he couldn't help but burst into tears.

He hasn't cried since he was reborn.

No matter it was because of laughter or tears, he felt that he was worthy of being the chosen one. God had eyes and allowed him to start over again in this life. He didn't want to have too many regrets in this life.

He stopped Tong Guogang and said, "Why do you need to go into battle in person? Everything has been arranged and the damage can be minimized."

Tong Guogang chuckled: "Yes, with you here, Prince Yong, I feel at ease. But since I came to this battlefield, I have to fight."

After saying that, he glanced at the quiet tent not far away, jumped on his horse swiftly, and prepared to join the cavalry team.

The Fourth Prince looked at Tong Guogang's receding back, rode his horse to catch up with Tong Guogang, and started taking off his armor without saying a word.

This frightened Tong Guogang. He pulled the reins and led the horse a few steps away before stopping and shouting to the Fourth Prince: "What are you doing, Prince Yong!"

The Fourth Prince took off a close-fitting chain mail, tore it open along the seam into two pieces, and handed one piece to Tong Guogang.

"Put it in the armor. This is a military order and must not be disobeyed."

Tong Guogang was puzzled, but still took the piece of clothes.

This thing seemed to be unable to bend, and was completely different from ordinary soft clothes. Tong Guogang had no choice but to dismount, stuff it in from the bottom of his armor, and then push it up, before it could be completely placed on his chest.